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Old Aug 30, 2011 | 4:06 pm
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Originally Posted by The _Banking_Scot
Hi,

I think the alpha extension on certain flight numbers relate to the ex-shuttle routes ( ie UK domestics LHR to MAD,EDI,NCL,GLA and ABZ)-maybe not all of them though

( Could be wrong though, in which case some one will be along with the correct answer in a little while)

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TBS
Now I could also be wrong here (it was a few weeks ago now), but I'm sure I also heard the domestics use the designator "Shuttle" instead of "Speedbird".
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